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Kapil Dev, MS Dhoni… Suryakumar Yadav? How Zimbabwe’s World Cup win over Australia relates to India | Cricket News – The Tech Word News

February 14, 2026
Zimbabwe players celebrate the wicket of Australia’s Ben Dwarshuis during the T20 World Cup cricket match between Australia and Zimbabwe in Colombo, Sri Lanka. (PTI) Zimbabwe’s win over Australia in the ongoing T20 World Cup also highlighted the past trend of India’s involvement in global tournaments. On earlier occasions when Zimbabwe had beaten Australia in the World Cup, India went on to lift the title.Zimbabwe registered the first major upset of the ongoing T20 World Cup when they beat former champions Australia by 23 runs at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Friday.It was only the second time that Zimbabwe had beaten Australia in this format. The previous victory came in 2007 at the tournament.

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After being asked to bat, Zimbabwe posted 169 for 2, led by Brian Bennett’s unbeaten 64 and contributions from other top-order batsmen. Australia were then bowled out for 146 in 19.3 overs on a slow pitch.In 2007, Zimbabwe under Prosper Utseyi defeated Australia by five wickets with one ball to spare in a low-scoring match in Cape Town.Blessing Muzarabani took 4 for 17. Brad Evans took 3 for 23 while Wellington Masakadza (1/36) and Ryan Burl (1/9) also claimed wickets.Chasing 170, Australia lost their first wickets and were reduced to 29 for 4 in 4.3 overs. Josh Inglis (8), Travis Head (17), Cameron Green (0) and Tim David (0) were dismissed cheaply.Matt Renshaw scored 65 off 44 balls while Glenn Maxwell made 31. Australia were 38 for 4 at the end of the Powerplay and 67 for 4 at the innings, needing 103 more runs.Renshaw and Maxwell added 77 runs for the fifth wicket in 9.5 overs to revive the chase. The partnership ended when Maxwell edged a delivery from Ryan Burle onto his stumps.Australia needed 56 runs from the last five overs. Marcus Stoinis, who had earlier left the field after being hit during Zimbabwe’s innings, was dismissed in the 6th over.Brian Bennett caught close to the boundary to dismiss Ben Dwarshuis (7), giving Brad Evans the third wicket.Australia needed 34 runs from 12 balls but lost Renshaw and Adam Zampa (2) in the 19th over. Matthew Kuhnemann (0) was exhausted in the final.Earlier, Zimbabwe’s top order combined well with the Australian attack to put up a total of 169 for 2. Australia are yet to beat Zimbabwe in the T20 World Cup, losing both meetings. Zimbabwe also beat Australia by 13 runs at Trent Bridge in the 1983 ODI World Cup when Kim Hughes led the side.On the two previous occasions Zimbabwe had beaten Australia in the World Cup, India had won the tournament. In 1983, Kapil Dev’s team stopped the West Indies from winning a third title in a row. In 2007 MS Dhoni’s team won the inaugural T20 World Cup in South Africa, defeating Pakistan by five runs in the final.

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